Fish Finder mount..

Kimall · 1 Fish Finder mount.. Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:36 am

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A few pictures of the f/finder and gps mounts I made from my wifes cutting board.lol
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Jerdon · 2 Re: Fish Finder mount.. Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:18 am

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Looks professional for sure! What did you use to cut it?

Kimall · 3 Thanks Sat Jun 28, 2014 3:49 pm

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Thanks Jerdon I just cut it with a what we call a hack saw not sure what you call them over there it is the hand saw a plumber uses. It is a lovely material to use as it is soft but very strong and you can even heat it and bend it to shape.
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JOER210 · 4 Re: Fish Finder mount.. Sat Jun 28, 2014 4:27 pm

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Cool if you don't have it make it

Catman1979 · 5 Re: Fish Finder mount.. Sun Jun 29, 2014 1:31 am

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Awesome! That looks really clean man good stuff. Still trying to figure out how I want to mount my Fishin' Buddy.

sdbaybassn · 6 Re: Fish Finder mount.. Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:51 am

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that's realy clean looking good job

Renegade · 7 Re: Fish Finder mount.. Sun Jun 29, 2014 4:21 pm

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Nice job, wonder where you got the idea Rolling Eyes

Transducer pointing towards your legs????

Kimall · 8 Re: Fish Finder mount.. Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:45 am

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Bobber not real clear in the pic but the transducer points straight down. When on land it is up out of the way but when in the water it is about 3 inches under the water. The idea came from the web site for the guy that sells these pontoons in Australia.
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Renegade · 9 Re: Fish Finder mount.. Mon Jun 30, 2014 6:23 am

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What exactly does pointing the transducer straight down do?
I have always followed this:
"Transducer Installation-the most common problems with sonar performance.
When I talk to fishermen who are having trouble getting a good
reading with their sonar unit, particularly at high speed, the most
common problem is a poor transducer installation. Nothing can affect
your sonar's performance as much as a poorly installed/placed
transducer. It must be level with the transom and mounted in a smooth
water flow area, 1/8 inch below the bottom of the hull. The bottom
surface of the transducer needs to be parallel to the waterline, not
in line with the bottom of the hull."

And because I go backwards, I have it pointing out in front. But I mounted mine to the strap with PVC so I can tilt it up. The cutting board was for flexibility.
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Maybe I am missing something on the angle?

Kimall · 10 mmm Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:05 am

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I think we are saying the same thing I mean flat bottom on the transducer is parallel with the water line as in your post. The piece on the angle in the pic is the holder not the traducer itself. will take a better pic one day.
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